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Lamar Alexander: “We should not automatically cut funds to programs in a country just because its government votes against us at the U.N.”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
We should not automatically cut funds to programs in a country just because its government votes against us at the U.N.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Argues against cutting aid based solely on U.N. voting behavior.

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